howard: we will turn to jennifer ho. : i am jennifer ho, the d secretary. i like to joke saying that i'm the one person that knows the difference between medicare and medicaid every day. you know what i'm talking about, don't you? iy background is actually -- spent my first 10 years and care -- in managed care. it was in that way that i was brought to a table to consider link between homelessness and health and the impact that public housing would have on health. i have a doing that ever sense for the last 18 years -- i have been doing that ever since for the last 18 years. i want to assure you that there is an unprecedented level of andaboration between hud hhs. not just because that is my job, but because it really is the case. hud is talking to the center for medicaid almost every day. we're talking to folks at , at the and medicare ndministration on children' and families almost every day. i know and feel sometimes that housing and health care are miles apart, and no one is talking, by want to promise you that in this administration, there is an unprece

we'll turn to jennifer ho. >> thank you barbara. i am jennifer ho the hud secretary senior adviser on housing and services. i like to joke. and the one person that hud that those difference between the care and medicaid everyday. you know what i'm talking about, don't you? my background isn't the first 10 years of my career and managed care largely medicare and medicaid managed care and it was in that work that i was first brought to the table to consider their relationship between homelessness and health in the impact that they order passing would have on health outcomes but also spending. i've been doing that ever since for the last 18 years. i want to assure you there is an unprecedented level of collaboration between hot and hhs not because that's my job but because it really is the case. hud is talking to the center for medicaid almost every day and we are talking with folks at hrsa and folks at samhsa. we are talking to folks in the administration on children and families almost every day. i know it feels sometimes like housin

then we will hear from jennifer ho senior adviser to hud secretary julian castro and she will explain the current federal activities and describe how her agency and others are collaborating on health and housing issues. gretchen hammer district of colorado's policy and housing and colorado's medicaid and chip or grams. we have asked gretchen to tell us about colorado's housing policy and what gets in the way of those efforts and our final panelist's sister adele o'sullivan a family physician and she's the founder of circle the city which is a phoenix nonprofit that brings private and public sectors together to help those experiencing homelessness and illness. sister adele will describe the supportive housing model and what gets in the way. so we have come to the part of the program that has got substance to it and that is to say barbara dipietro it. >> thank you so much. really appreciate so many people being here today. i think it really is a testament to a growing awareness about health care is changing in our country and awareness of the importance of the determinants of health and